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Andrée Museum

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The museum holds artifacts of the S. A. Andrée expedition that attempted to fly a balloon to the North Pole.  The bodies of Andrée and his two companions and their belongings were found on White Island about 33 years after they departed.

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Salomon August Andrée

Salomon August Andrée (18 October 1854, Gränna, Småland – October 1897, Kvitøya, Arctic Norway), during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. The balloon expedition was unsuccessful in reaching the Pole and resulted in the deaths of all three of its participants.

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